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Head-to-head

F5 vs Cisco

Cisco carries 2.0× the disclosed CVE volume of F5. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.

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Disclosure record

Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.

Metric comparison: F5 versus Cisco. Each row gives the metric, F5’s count on the left and Cisco’s count on the right.
F5MetricCisco
132Total CVEs265
3Critical28
82High77
40Medium159
7Low1
349Open in latest2,332
3Product families10
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Risk profile

Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.

F5

2.3% critical
Critical
32.3%
High
8262.1%
Medium
4030.3%
Low
75.3%

Cisco

10.6% critical
Critical
2810.6%
High
7729.1%
Medium
15960.0%
Low
10.4%
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Recent activity

Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.

F5

Recent CVEs affecting F5
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-94127(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-63020(opens NVD record)Low
3.1
Sep 2, 2026
CVE-2026-60005(opens NVD record)High
8.2
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-60065(opens NVD record)Low
3.7
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-56434(opens NVD record)Medium
6.5
Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-55723(opens NVD record)High
8.3
Jul 15, 2026

Cisco

Recent CVEs affecting Cisco
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-76418(opens NVD record)High
8.6
Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-76504(opens NVD record)Critical
9.8
Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-76460(opens NVD record)Critical
10.0
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76451(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76450(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76449(opens NVD record)Medium
4.9
Sep 16, 2026